With DB2 V10.5 GA BLU is not available to use if you install and register DB2 V10.5 Advanced Work Group Server Edition (AWSE)/Advanced Enterprise Server Edition (AESE) Terabyte pricing option due to incorrect hard enforcement.

DB21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not a valid Command Line Processor command. During SQL processing it returned:SQL8029N A valid license key was not found for the requested function. The current license key for this product does not allow the requested functionality. Purchase the license key for this function from your IBM representative or authorized dealer and update your license using the db2licm command.

Cause: The cause of the symptom is APAR: IC93983 which was discovered in the initial release of DB2 V10.5 GA dated June 14, 2013

Diagnosing the Problem: To identify if you are hitting the issue:

Verify the DB2 fix pack level by running the db2level command to check if you are using the initial image of DB2 V10.5 GA; Informational tokens are "DB2 v10.5.0.0", "s130528"

Users Affected:DB2 10.5 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition and Advanced Workgroup Server Edition - Terabyte option customers using BLU functionality if the DB2 V10.5 GA was downloaded from Passport Advantage. xLinux-64 and AIX are the only platforms affected, as they are the only platforms that support BLU functionality

Workaround: There is no local fix for this issue.

Resolution:If you have already downloaded DB2 10.5 GA and are encountering the symptoms as described in this technote and APAR IC93983, then you could do the following:

Download the updated trial data server DB2 Version 10.5 GA image that contains the APAR fix from trial image site